A distension control device useful for quantitative studies of hollow organ sensation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1987, Pages 635-638

  Anderson, R H ^a   Ness, T J ^b   Gebhart, G F ^b  

^a Bioengineering Facility College of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal distension; Distension control device; Hollow organ sensation; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; RECTUM DISTENSION; VISCERAL PAIN;

AIR PRESSURE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COLON; HUMAN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECTUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023514486     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(87)90322-2     Document Type: Article

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